WATCH: A Model Recommends, the spring beauty update

Ruth Crilly gives us her edit of the best pastels, products and powders to ease you gently from winter to spring beauty

"Spring-time make-up collections can be a little bit daunting," says model and beauty blogger
Ruth Crilly
. She's not wrong - those pastel colours that look great in a palette don't always look quite as pretty on our skin, plus, as Crilly knows only too well, "they're really, really difficult to get to grips with."

So what Crilly's done for us is pick out her favourite easy-to-wear colours and creams, "that are really, really useful for updating your spring-time make-up look. From base through to bronzer and nail colours, here a model recommends the pastels and products we need right now, and we want it all; "we're just aiming for something a little lighter, and fresher and more natural," she says.

The Radiance Booster:
"There seems to be this whole crop of radiance style primers," says Crilly. "Two that have come onto my radar recently are, first one Eve Lom," (this Flawless Radiance Primer gives what Crilly describes as a "fresh radiance"), and another from Clarins, called Instant Light Radiance Boosting Complexion Base, which she says "is a little bit less subtle, so you really get that glow shining through."

The Fresh Base:
"I swapped to something a little bit lighter recently: Bourjois 123 Perfect CC Cream," explains Crilly, who rates the base for the way it feels premium, gives good coverage and all in the light texture. "And for me that, over the top of one of these radiance boosting primers, works really, really well," explains Crilly.

The Winter-to-Spring Bronzer:
There are two powders for Crilly that work well for ths time of year - while her skin is still in 'winter mode' - as they sit perfectly between a powder and very pale bronzer. First up, Clarins Opalescence Face & Blush Powder; "it just gives this really nice glow to the skin without any kind of colour you can put your finger on. So it's just adding a little bit of life really."

Crilly's other must-have is the Aerin Kaleidolight Palette. "So this does look a little bit scary, but it's not. It works on the same principle as many of these CC creams and primers that have certain colour in them to balance out different colours in your skin. So it's all about enlivening it and evening it all out, and just adding a little bit of health I suppose," she says. "All of these powders that are very subtle are just giving it that little thing that you can't quite put your finger on but that make all the difference. And for spring I think things like that are absolutely perfect."

The Wearable Colour:
Edited down just as much for their packaging as for their easy-to-wear pastel palette are YSL's Flower Crush palette, "which is really going to add life to the cheeks," says Crilly, and Christian Dior's Trianon Palette, which Crilly admits, "again could look slightly scary, because it's very pastel orientated," but is in fact very wearable she says, modelling the pink, sage and taupe shadows herself.

The Instant Update:
"Coral shades are brilliant for spring time - for transitioning when skin is still Wintery pale," says Crilly who recommends Bon Voyage nail laquer by Leighton Denny, and Aerin Lauder Coral Sand Lipstick, and Chanel's Allure Intense Lip Colour in Conquise, "which is just a really nice way of adding a bit of colour."